Saxony Photo of Saxon Oberst before the WW1

[Deruelle]

Here is a new photo I have received recently. The photo has been taken in 1911.This officer at this time has in his medal bar the following medals :

Knight cross 1^st class of Albert Orden of Saxe : 23 May 1905

Long service medal for 25 years : 1906

Red Eagle Order 4^th class of Prussia 23 September 1908

Centenary medal : 22 March 1897

Knight cross of the Orden of the Crown of Wurttemberg : 23 September 1908.

He received more medals after.

Knight cross 1^st class of Merit Order : 23 May 1912

During the war he received :

Knight cross of St Henry : 14 January 1916

Officer cross with X of Albert Order : 10 February 1915

And both iron crosses.

His promotion

Leutnant : 13 October 1882

Oberleutnant : 20 November 1888

Hauptmann : 18 September 1893

Major : 23 April 1904

Oberstleutnant : 11 July 1910

Char. Oberst : 20 March 1912

Oberst : 22 February 1915

z.D. : 20 March 1912

Generalmajor : 27 April 1918

a. D. : 31 March 1920.

During the war, he served in the R.I.R Nr. 245 and in Ersatz Infanterie Regiment Nr. 24

I like the saxon medal bar with Wurttemberg knight cross of Order of the Crown.

I hope you will like it.

Christophe

[Deruelle]

Another information, for the moment I have found only 13 Saxon officiers who received peacetime WK3.

Christophe

[Komtur]

Nice picture! But isn´t it him more possibly as Oberstleutnant then as Oberst? As you noticed, he got the knight 1st class of the Merit Order with his dismission in May 1912. Therefore the picture must be before his promotion to Char. Oberst.

Regards, Komtur.

[M Hunter]

Great photo Christophe.

Best wishes

Matt

[Deruelle]

Thanks for your comments.

To Komtur, you are right, at the time the photo has been taken, in 1911 (I have said it in the first post) Hesse was only Oberstleutnant, sorry for my mistake

Christophe

[VtwinVince]

Outstanding photo, but who is this officer?

[Deruelle]

Hi,

Oberstleutnant (at the time the photo was taken), then Generalmajor Richard Hesse

Christophe